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1:48 WW2 Aircraft & 1:72 Cold War / Vietnam Jets
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Hasegawa Hawker Typhoon 1b - 1/48
Justin M replied to Kitchen Modeller's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Superb. Fantastic weathering - please do another and post stage by stage in WIP! -
HI Einar, can you tell me what paint you used for the grey undersides and wings? Justin
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Lovely models. I am just finishing the Roden VC10 in East African livery. I flew on the BOAC VC10 as a kid up and down the length of Africa.
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Cracking model. My uncle flew them in WW2 and always praised the Swordfish greatly. So robust.
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Tornado Warning! 1/32 Tornado EF3 Conversion with ALARMs
Justin M replied to Alan P's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
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1/48 Tamiya F-14D VF-2 Bounty Hunters
Justin M replied to Andrew Perren's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
A very high quality build. Lots to get inspiration from. Most impressed. -
1/72 Boeing B-29 "Enola Gay", Academy+Eduard
Justin M replied to Fuad's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Hi - did you use an airbrush for the Molotow liquid chrome? Beautiful model. -
Vought F-8E Crusader, 1/72, Academy
Justin M replied to Touvdal's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Very nice. I have one on the shelf and aim to build it quite soon. I like building Vietnam stuff. Couple of mine below...... Photos of F-105 coming shortly. -
This build takes an interesting direction; all to do with the wings.
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Looks like a superb model. Older large kits can be a challenge, but that's what it is all about, especially when they come out so well. B-29 is a great aeroplane.
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Internally, I added a bit of "insulation" to the very front of the cockpit to enhance it a bit. Little will be visible but it was worth a try. The surface detail was done by applying putty and then rolling the handle of a modelling knife over the surface to represent the quilted texture.
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Rubbing down and re-scribing the fuselage. I found having the two halves together provided better grip and also ensured that the panel lines over the 2 halves linked up. It is possible to see the slight ribbing that appears on these kits just aft of the wing. Rubbing down for re-scribing does remove the prominence a bit.
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Overall, it is not a bad kit, especially given its age. The surface detail is not fantastic but using the photo etch will improve that. The internal details is quite extensive, a bit softly moulded in places, but plenty of material. I did not add much detail other than some levers that would be vaguely visible from the outside. I used a decal set for the instruments - it was an old set that covered the B-29, B-17 and B-24. I recollect they were made by Monogram but I bought them about 25 years ago so I am not sure if they are still available.
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The first step was to remove all the raised panel lines and details in order to re-scribe recessed panel lines. This is quite easy with the old Monogram "silver-grey" kits as when you sand off the detail, the line of the remove panel line is still visible in the plastic. I used my trusty UMM SCR-01 SCRIBER, which I used in my F-4 Phantom build which explains the technique in a bit more detail. See here: Redoing the panel lines on the B-29 is not hard as they are mainly straight. The problem is there are lots of them and they are pretty long. A flexible strai
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